Confessional Poem
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A Confessional Poem is a poem that focuses on extreme moments of individual experience, the psyche, and personal trauma, including previously and occasionally still taboo matters such as mental illness, sexuality, and suicide, often set in relation to broader social themes.
- Example(s):
- Sylvia Plath's “Ariel”.
- John Berryman's “The Dream Songs”.
- Anne Sexton's “To Bedlam and Part Way Back”.
- …
- Counter-Example(s):
- See: Postmodernism, W. D. Snodgrass, Robert Lowell, Allen Ginsberg.
References
2018
- (Wikipedia, 2018) ⇒ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/confessional_poetry Retrieved:2018-3-9.
- Confessional poetry or "Confessionalism" is a style of poetry that emerged in the United States during the 1950s. It has been described as poetry of the personal or “I”, focusing on extreme moments of individual experience, the psyche, and personal trauma, including previously and occasionally still taboo matters such as mental illness, sexuality, and suicide, often set in relation to broader social themes. [1] It is sometimes also classified as Postmodernism. [2] The school of "Confessional poetry" was associated with several poets who redefined American poetry in the 1950s and 1960s, including Robert Lowell, Sylvia Plath, John Berryman, Anne Sexton, Allen Ginsberg, and W. D. Snodgrass. [3] [4]
- ↑ I. Ousby ed. The Cambridge Guide to Literature in English (1995) p. 199
- ↑ . Confessional poetry is the poetry of the personal or “I.” Postmodernist Poetry: a Movement or an Indulgence? , by Peter R. Jacoby
- ↑ W.D. Snodgrass, Poet biography; Poets.org
- ↑ I. Ousby ed. The Cambridge Guide to Literature in English (1995) p. 199